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Georgia State University

Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Atlanta, GA

Population 4,000,000

Website http://www.gsu.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 27,109

Men / Women 41% / 59%

Black 42%

White 18%

Asian 14%

Hispanic 13%

Mixed 5%

International 4%

Native American 0%

From State 80%

From Region 3%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 37%

Business & Economics 21%

Computer Science 13%

Life & Natural Sciences 9%

Arts 8%

Health Sciences 6%

Education 4%

Physical Sciences & Math 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,664

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $24,840

Est. In-State Cost $11,208

Est. Out-of-State Cost $32,133

10-Year ROI $123,000

ROI Percentile 34th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 80%

4-Year Graduation Rate 33%

6-Year Graduation Rate 53%

Transfer-Out Rate 25%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)

Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57%)

Days Without Precipitation 244 (45%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 58%

Yield (Unbound) 22%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Humanities & Social Sciences	$44M	#35
Life & Natural Sciences	$122M	#102
Engineering, Computing & Math	$10M	#202

Graduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences	355	#54
Life & Natural Sciences	154	#154
Engineering, Computing & Math	21	#166

Honors College

Name Honors College

Students 1,700 (6%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 45%

SAT Range 980 – 1140

SAT Math Range 460 – 590

SAT RW Range 480 – 590

ACT Range 19 – 26

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies	321	30% / 70%	2%	$56,922		94%
Economics	71 —	55% / 45%	8%	$72,816	84	90%
International Economics	4 —	75% / 25%	0%	$72,816	84	90%
Criminal Justice	143 —	27% / 73%	1%	$52,559	50	94%
Public Policy	30 —	27% / 73%	0%	$57,464	62	96%
Social Work	73 —	11% / 89%	0%	$48,917	40	95%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions	350	15% / 85%	3%	$67,694		98%
Dietetics/Dietitian	27 —	15% / 85%	4%	$52,211	49	94%
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	11 —	9% / 91%	0%	$44,966	28	98%
Nursing	162 —	11% / 89%	2%	$81,487	91	97%
Public Health	110 —	17% / 83%	4%	$47,918	37	100%
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	40 —	22% / 78%	2%	$82,922	92	100%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Arts and Sciences	2,874	38% / 62%	5%	$62,792		92%
Computational Science	9 —	56% / 44%	0%	$82,702	91	—
Computer Game Programming	21 —	67% / 33%	0%	$74,374	86	—
Computer Science	391 —	73% / 27%	12%	$105,149	98	99%
Computer and Information Sciences	273 —	64% / 36%	4%	$86,056	93	94%
Chemistry	46 —	35% / 65%	15%	$66,683	78	93%
Geosciences	29 —	59% / 41%	3%	$58,338	64	95%
Mathematics	24 —	71% / 29%	4%	$62,151	71	94%
Physics	23 —	78% / 22%	4%	$57,198	62	95%
Biology	336 —	27% / 73%	15%	$53,171	52	90%
Neuroscience	79 —	33% / 67%	8%	$63,905	74	87%
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$37,201	10	100%
African-American Studies	18 —	11% / 89%	0%	$43,096	23	100%
Anthropology	30 —	23% / 77%	0%	$35,931	9	85%
Communication	47 —	19% / 81%	0%	$53,345	52	92%
Deaf Studies	9 —	0% / 100%	0%	$43,096	23	100%
English	74 —	20% / 80%	0%	$48,208	38	88%
Ethnic Studies	8 —	0% / 100%	0%	$43,096	23	100%
Foreign Languages	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$37,613	11	74%
French	3 —	0% / 100%	0%	$48,854	40	80%
German	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$43,379	24	—
History	39 —	46% / 54%	0%	$41,564	19	93%
Interdisciplinary Studies	543 —	30% / 70%	2%	$56,279	60	92%
Journalism	87 —	31% / 69%	0%	$50,652	45	95%
Linguistics	18 —	22% / 78%	0%	$37,613	11	74%
Philosophy	22 —	55% / 45%	0%	$60,232	68	92%
Political Science	172 —	36% / 64%	3%	$53,969	54	93%
Psychology	438 —	18% / 82%	1%	$46,935	34	90%
Religion/Religious Studies	6 —	17% / 83%	0%	$25,696	2	94%
Sociology	118 —	25% / 75%	0%	$43,927	25	89%
Spanish	7 —	14% / 86%	0%	$48,854	40	80%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Education and Human Development	217	25% / 75%	1%	$50,315		93%
Early Childhood Education	99 —	7% / 93%	1%	$51,892	48	94%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	106 —	44% / 56%	1%	$48,032	37	92%
Special Education	9 —	0% / 100%	11%	$60,636	68	93%
Art Education	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	$48,032	37	92%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of the Arts	392	44% / 56%	2%	$43,071		91%
Drawing	131 —	28% / 72%	1%	$42,329	21	88%
Film and Media Studies	227 —	50% / 50%	2%	$42,807	22	93%
Music Performance	34 —	68% / 32%	3%	$47,699	36	92%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
J. Mack Robinson College of Business	1,008	47% / 53%	5%	$67,117		93%
Accounting	145 —	41% / 59%	7%	$70,327	82	96%
Actuarial Science	11 —	45% / 55%	36%	$81,903	91	97%
Business Administration	156 —	49% / 51%	4%	$62,425	72	89%
Business/Managerial Economics	50 —	62% / 38%	4%	$74,505	86	93%
Entrepreneurship	41 —	37% / 63%	5%	$53,324	52	—
Finance	219 —	62% / 38%	5%	$76,480	87	92%
General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	30 —	63% / 37%	3%	$24,189	2	96%
Hospitality Management	24 —	25% / 75%	0%	$52,982	51	96%
Marketing	270 —	39% / 61%	4%	$65,896	77	92%
Real Estate	38 —	45% / 55%	3%	$60,878	69	95%
Risk Management and Insurance	24 —	38% / 62%	17%	$85,608	93	94%

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